Cooking-stove.



G. C. WADLEIGH.

COOKING STOVE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNI: 2a, 1910.

991,676. Patented May 9, 1911.

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GEORGE C. WADLEIGH, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

COOKING-STOVE.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1911.

Application filed .Tune 23, 1910. Serial No. 568,501.

Toall 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. INADLEIGH, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cooking-Stoves, of whichthe following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a speciiication, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

My invention applies to usual cooking stoves, whereby a construction isprovided which insures better draft and facilitates the use of thebroiler. To this end I provide at the front side and top of the rebox ahinged draft member which constitutes a part of the top, extending back.approximately to the lids and there provided with depending prongs orapertured barriers to preventthe lodgment of fuel on top of the frontwall of the firebox, and at the rear of the lids I provide the stove topwith similar depending prongs or apertured barriers to` prevent thelodgment of fuel on top of the rear wall of the iirebox. Preferably thelatter prongs at their lower ends are provided with rests, so that whensaid hinged front member is turned downward, a toaster or broiler may bereadily held in operative position thereby.

My invention will be further set forth in its structural details in thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which I have shown a preferred embodiment of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the frontportion of a stove containing my invention, said figure being taken onthe line 1 1, Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the stove, partlybroken away for clearness of illustration; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentaryview in front elevation of the rear coal-barrier and broiler-rest.

It will be understood that my invention is not restricted to anyparticular kind or construction of cooking stove or range, andaccordingly I have omitted showing mostof the details of the stoveproper, and have shown in the drawings merely a sufficient portion ofthe parts adjacent the irebox 1 to render my invention readilyunderstood. The front wall 2 of the rebox is shown as provided with atubular water front 3 and with a usual top plate 4. It rests on thefront 5 of the grate bar frame, whose rear part 6 supports the rear wall'7 ofthe firebox, a grate S being provided at the bottom of saidiirebox. The type of stove illustrated has its top 9 provided with afront part 10 pivotally supported at its rear corners l1 so as to becapable of being held in an inclined position by a pivoted rack ornotched support 12 when desired.

At the upper front portion of the stove is a transverse casting 13pivoted at 14 to the top of the stove front 15. This casting 13 extendsback at 16 to constitute the front part of the stove top, being providedwith a ledge 17 which supports the swinging part 10 of said top adjacentthe griddles or stove lids 18. From the rear edge of this rearwardlyextending or overhanging part 16, I provide a coal-barrier 19 whichdepends in line with the rear side of the front wall of the rebox andrests on the rear edge of the plate 4. This barrier is provided withvertical openings 20 for the free passage of air across the firebox, thefront vertical portion of the casting 13 being herein shown as providedwith a check draft 21 which may be of any suitable kind such as iscommonly found adjacent the front upper portion of the iirebox ofcooking stoves. Above the rear wall 7 of the iirebox I provide adepending barrier 22 provided with vertical slits or openings 23, saidbarrier being similar to the barrier 19, and provided at its lower endwith one or more projecting ledges or rests 24. The general constructionof these two barriers 19, 22 is shown in Fig. 3, where it will be seenthat the slits or apertures divide the barrier into depending ngerswhich readily afford ample passage for the draft and yet prevent coalfroin lodging on top of the walls of the firebox or getting back on topof the oven, to interfere in either case with the draft.

In use, when it is desired to toast bread, broil steak, or the-like, thefront hinged top portion 16 is swung over forward and downward on itspivot 14 so as to leave the front upper corner of the stove entirelyopen, and then a broiler or toaster is inserted along the line 25,supported at its front end on the ledges 24 and at its handle end on thetop plate 4. If for any reason still more space is required, the hingedpart 10 may be raised to such extent as required. The barriers 19 and 22not only prevent the coal from lodging on top of the walls of thefirebox and thereby interfering with the draft, but they facilitate theuse of the stove for broiling and the like, the frontbarrier maintainingthe plate 4 comparatively clean and the rear barrier providing theledges 24 for supporting the toaster. They also give strength to theadjacent edge portions of the plates 9, 10, and 16. Being apertured,they facilitate the draft notwithstanding the fact that they extendtransversely of the stove. By providing the rearwardly extending toppart 16 of the casting 13, the stove is open back sufficiently (whensaid part 13 is turned on its pivot 14) to enable the attendant toobserve the steak, bread, or the like which is being broiled, toasted,etc. Also this construction cooperates with the hinged part 10 to permitthe entire front portion of the stove above the firebox to be openwithout obstruction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a stove, the combination with the irebox, of a top provided with amovable front part pivoted adjacent the top of the rebox, having anormally substantially horizontal upper portion extending rearwardlyabove the front wall of said firebox and with an apertured barrierdepending from said horizontal upper portion in substantial alinementwith the rear vertical face of said front wall in position to preventthe lodgment of fuel on top of said wall.

2,.v In a stove, the combination with the firebox, of a top providedwith a movable front part pivoted adjacent the top of the iirebox havinga normally substantially horizontal upper portion extending rearwardlyabove t-he front wall of said firebox with an apertured barrierdepending from said horizontal upper portion in substantial alinementwith the rear vertical face of said front wall in position to preventthe lodgment of fuel on top of said wall, and an apertured barrierdepending from said stove top in substantial alinement with the frontvertical face of the rear wall of the iirebox in position to prevent thelodgment of fuel thereon.

3. In a stove, the combination with the firebox having its front wallextending substantially vertically, of a top having a por tionterminating at its front edge in approximately the vertical plane of therear face of the front wall of the firebox, and a closing device extending from the front edge of said top portion to the top of said frontwall of the iirebox, said closing device being pivoted at one horizontaledge to swing at its opposite edge into and out of closing engagementwith the adjacent part of the stove and having a coal barrier to restupon the front firebox wall and support the same, whereby, when open, anunobstructed view is provided into the iirebox between the front edge ofsaid top portion and the top of the front wall of the firebox.

4. In a stove, the combination with a iirebox, of a top thereforcomprising a main portion and a pivoted front portion, said frontportion having a coal barrier adapted to normally rest upon the wall ofsaid {irebox for support.

5. In a stove, the combination with a fire box, of a top having apivoted front portion provided with an apertured coal barrier adapted toform a continuation of the front wall of the tire box, a pivoted maintop portion, and a second coal barrier adjacent the rear of said top andforming a continuation of the rear wall of the iire box.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE C. VADLEIGII.

INitnesses:

M. J. SPALDING, W. J. PIKE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 2D. C.

